Spinal fusion, also called spondylodesis or spondylosyndesis, is a surgery performed by orthopaedic surgeons or neurosurgeons that joins two or more vertebrae...

pneumothorax, respectively. Implants that aim to delay spinal fusion and to allow more spinal growth in young children is the gold standard for surgical...

hypermobile, narrowing the space where the spinal cord and brain stem travel (spinal stenosis). Type II—Long fusion below C2 with an abnormal occipital-cervical...

such as spinal fusion to stabilize the spine and generally require a much longer recovery period than a simple laminectomy. With spinal fusion, the recovery...

Some other spinal diseases include spinal muscular atrophy, ankylosing spondylitis, scoliosis, lumbar spinal stenosis, spina bifida, spinal tumors, osteoporosis...

warrant spinal fusion surgery, which can restore the body's natural degree of curvature. The risk of serious complications from spinal fusion surgery...

why it is a preferred spinal surgery since it is less invasive than other spinal procedures such as a laminectomy or a spinal fusion. Once a laminotomy procedure...

Spinal stenosis is an abnormal narrowing of the spinal canal or neural foramen that results in pressure on the spinal cord or nerve roots. Symptoms may...

artificial discs as a possible alternative to fusion surgery. But fusion surgeons argue that spinal fusion is more time-tested, and artificial discs contain...

Spondylolisthesis is when one spinal vertebra slips out of place compared to another. While some medical dictionaries define spondylolisthesis specifically...

Minimally invasive thoracic spinal fusion is one of the approaches to scoliosis surgery. Instead of a vertical scar down the back or horizontal from the...

a means to reduce the curvature and to provide more stability to a spinal fusion. Before the Harrington rod was invented, scoliosis patients had their...

physical therapy are ineffective, surgery may be necessary, most often spinal fusion. There are many surgical options for the treatment of degenerative disc...

corrected with surgical procedures, almost all of which include multi-level spinal fusion and hardware instrumentation, i.e., rods, pedicle screws, etc. While...

expressed concerns to others about the pain. He reportedly underwent a spinal fusion surgery in July 2023 and wrote on social media that the surgery went...

"The Distribution of Body Mass as a Significant Risk Factor for Lumbar Spinal Fusion Postoperative Infections", which won the 2021 Young Investigator Award...

An interbody fusion cage (colloquially known as a "spine cage") is a prosthesis used in spinal fusion procedures to maintain foraminal height and decompression...

functional limitations" for individuals. Research suggests that Posterior Spinal Fusion (PSF) can be used to correct the more severe deformities caused by adolescent...

Spinal precautions, also known as spinal immobilization and spinal motion restriction, are efforts to prevent movement of the bones of the spine in those...

to support the neck during recovery after surgery such as cervical spinal fusion. A soft collar is fairly flexible and is the least limiting but can...

blood volume and almost twenty-four times the typical amount lost in a spinal fusion. The nurses and other staffers who took part in the surgery expected...

symptom of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) and describes intermittent leg pain from impingement of the nerves emanating from the spinal cord. Neurogenic means...

Recombinant human BMPs (rhBMPs) are used in orthopedic applications such as spinal fusions, nonunions, and oral surgery. rhBMP-2 and rhBMP-7 are Food and Drug...

fracture (bimalleolar type) Shoulder arthroscopy and debridement Lumbar spinal fusion Repair fracture of the distal part of radius Low back intervertebral...

in neurosurgery, bone conduction hearing aids, false eye implants, spinal fusion cages, pacemakers, toe implants, and shoulder/elbow/hip/knee replacements...

and hip osteoarthritis. There is also a notable incidence of lumbar spinal fusion patients that present with sacroiliac pain and hypermobility, potentially...

and the use of a cervical collar to keep the neck stable. Cervical spinal fusion is performed on patients with more severe symptoms.[citation needed]...

Melendez, Claire, and Morgan treat Clarence, a pastor with spinal cancer, who refuses a spinal fusion to fix his pain as he blames himself for a parishioner's...

debridement/decompression and fusion with bone autografts procedure is to relieve pressure on the spinal cord and nerves along the anterior side of the spinal cord and help...

symptoms (radicular pain). TDR has been developed as an alternative to spinal fusion, with the goal of pain reduction or elimination, while still allowing...